Ok, this is really about Gold, but part comes from Krugman's   
    commentaries about the Bit Coin.   
      
    Krugman points out that the Gold Standard really consists of   
    miners digging gold out of the ground so it can be buried again   
    in vaults.   
      
    He also refers to Adam Smith, and Smith's consideration of paper   
    money allowing a nation to avoid sinking it's wealth in a dead   
    stock like silver or gold.   
      
    Just a bit of info picked up recently.   
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@bex.net   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
   ... I am Ray Charles of Borg: The "right one" is irrelevant, baby!   
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